🐊 In the land of the sacred crocodiles

African "wild" life in Cote d'Ivoire

Dear Reader,

‘‘There are two alligators living in the lagoon,” I hear ten-year-old Harper tell Michael in the backseat as we drove from the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan to the coastal resort town of Assinie-Mafia.

Harper was referring to the Aby lagoon, which drains into the Atlantic ocean, and creates a barrier between the town of Assinie-Mafia and a san…